Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-22
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Twenty-three women voted at the
election in Goldendale, last week.
One hundred and three immigrants
came to Winlock last week and most
of them will remain says the Cen
tralia News.
There is authority for the statement
that new assembly of the Knights
OF Labor will be organized within q
few days in Tacoma, says an exchange.
Gov. Squire has commissioned J. G.
Justice Warden of the New Peniten-
tiary at Walla Walla; B. G. Guthridge,
Steward, and Y. c. Blalock, Physician.
Northern Pacific lands for Kittitas
county are now on the market, with
prices ranging from fifty cents to six
dollars per acre. Good agricultural
lands have an average valuation of four
dollars per acre.
Many of the hop farmers in the
Puyallup valley state that their sea-
sons work is being much delayed on
account of the water in the hop fields.
Last year at this time, many of the
hop poles had been set and the vines
and roots pruned.
George Hagadon, cook in Tacoma,
has just received a United States check
for pension money, amounting to $4,-
600. The pension dates back from De-
cember 8, 1862. He was formerly
corporal of Company B, 73d regiment
New York volunteers, in Gen. Dan
Sickles' Excelsior brigade, and received
number Of wounds in various battles.
There arrived Wednesday of last week
at Tacoma, from Chicago, q large
steam hammer, for David Listers ma
chine shop at the wharf says the Neus.
1t is No. Bell steam hammer, 10
inch cylinder, 22-inch stroke, and
and strikes blow of 5000 pounds at
the rate of l5O blows per minute. It
is capable of beating out at single
heat shaft of Z inches in diameter.
The total weight of the hammer is g.
500 pounds.
A few days since Mr.. A. F. Tullis, of
Chehalis, met with a severe accident.
He desired to stop at the switch beyond
Centralia, and the conductor was to
have the train slow up for him, but
did not do SO, and as Mr.. Tullis was
very auXiuus to stOP, he ,.,edo s.n ~
tempt tojump. As the train was mov-
ing very rapidly, he was thrown to the
ground, bruising his face, head and
body, as well as badly hurting the ball
OF his right eye.
Walla Walla Union: Fruit raisers
admit that they were more scared than
hurt by the February breezes and that
there will be an abundance of peaches,
cherries, plums, apples and small
fruits. The interstate law will inter-
fere with the trade with the Ceur
d'Alene mines, but cannot affect the
trade with all of Washington between
the Idaho line and the Cascade noun
tains. If the railroad companies will
give reasonable rates and facilities
Walla Walla fruit growers will have a
profitable season and the residents of
Wallula, Pasco, North Yakima, Ell.
lensburg, Martin, Roslyn, Ritzville,
Sprague, Cheney, Spokane Falls, Col
fax, Pennington. Pullman and inter.
mediate places plenty of fine fruit.
Frank Merriweather, a timekeeper
for Railroad Bridge Contractor NJ
Blagen, at the front, was going his
rounds ON Monday, taking time of the
workmen, when an old dead tree fell,
striking Merriweather. The injured
man was taken from under the tree,
when it was found that he had received
internal injurieA He li4ed but about
twenty hours aiter The fident. He
was 36 years of ago -snd Had no family
as far as could be learned. He had
been living upon the Sound and in the
valley for the mast three or fouv voor,
and was well respected by those who
knew him. Merriweather was q knight
Templar of good standing and his
body has been kindly cared for by
friends. His remains were taken to
Tacoma Tuesday and embalmed by
Undertaken Hoska, who shipped the
body to Shipman, Illinois, where q
brother of the deceased, E. B. Merr;.
weather, resides.